A bus plunged nearly 50 feet (15 meters) into a canal in western India early Wednesday, killing at least 41 schoolchildren going to take an examination and three others, an official said, according to AP. Forty-four bodies have been pulled out of the canal near Vadodara city in Gujarat state, and rescuers were searching for the 14 missing passengers, according to district official Vijay Nehra. Four children swam ashore and have been hospitalized, Nehra said. Earlier, Nehra said at least 45 people had died. The bus driver was among those killed, said Superintendent of Police Amit Vishwanarain. The state government ordered an inquiry into the accident and rushed medical teams to the scene, 150 kilometers (95 miles) south of Ahmadabad, the key Gujarat city.
